sell to china, to do business with china. why all of a sudden so much caution and fear it seems or what i think initially the hope was that by engaging with china, by investing in china through big blue chip, firms like general electric in the united states. siemens in germany, or fox barton, which went into china in a big way already in the 1980s that, that would liberalize china eventually. and it would turn into a western style democracy that was basically the theory. and i think already several years ago in the united states and more recently in europe, people have realized that that's not going to happen. that china is going to remain for all intents and purposes and all storage area system. and because the united states feels threatened by, what they see is china's attempts to improve, it stands and globally improve it's, it's power based globally. you know, they need to counter that. so they're trying to withdraw a little bit. the risk is the united states cause that and they feel particular at the moment, threatened b

and china. host: when you say flattery anger, piston trump is called -- president bynum has called xi jinping -- president biden -- sorry, i'm getting confused. former president praised xi jinping and president biden has called him a thug and a dictator. can you talk about xi jinping and how china views those leaders? guest: president trump believes an intimate relationship between him and the chinese leader will help facilitate progress on his priorities. president biden believes in the power of personal relationships but is less certain that public praise of xi jinping will deliver progress on american priorities. president biden is outspoken and direct and candid in his articulation of oppression she should be -- president xi jinping's system. president xi jinping is absent being called a thug, but he is a cold-blooded calculator and i doubt that he has a clear preference between one candidate or the other in the upcoming election. host: let's look at what former president trump said in a fox

-china bilateral relationship. during this trip, we have been able to build on that foundation to move the ball forward on specific issues that matter to americans. this does not mean we have resolved all of our differences. there is much more work to do. and it remains unclear what this relationship will endure in the months and years ahead. it as we proceed, we must remember that its trajectory is not predetermined. it depends on the choices each of our country's make. the american people expect a clear read approach to china, one that precedes with confidence about the economic strength of our country and protects our national security, while finding a way forward so that both countries can live in a world of peace and prosperity. the president and i are firmly committed to continue to deliver on that. thank you. i would be glad to take your questions. >> first question goes to alan rappaport of the new york times. >> thank you, secretary ellen. following your meeting with the premier, his office put out a state

-china ties. do you think the biden administration's pledge to increase tariffs or the therapy sessions and actions like the probe into the china shipbuilding could push the u.s. and china back to out period of dangerous volatility? is the u.s. ready to move forward on sanctions? separately, given north korea is also sending massive shipments of munitions to russia, to bring that up with your chinese counterpart. did you get any chinese corporation there on tiktok, does that, today? how do you expect china to respond? sec. blinken: not sure i got out of it, but i will try. no, tiktok didn't come up. on the economic relationship, let's put this in perspective. we remain, the united states remains the largest markets for chinese products around the world. our own trade relationship remain significant. in fact, china is our third-largest trading partner after canada and mexico. and as i heard from american businesses and investors in shanghai there remains a very , strong interest in working in this

china's foreign minister wang yi remarked that the us has taken "endless measures" to suppress china'smy, trade, and technology. he warned that if such factors continued to grow, it could derail efforts to stabilize us—china ties. translation: the negative factors in the relationship i are still increasing and building, and the relationship is facing all kinds of disruptions. china's legitimate development rights have been unreasonably suppressed and are core interests are facing challenges. should china and the us move forward with stability or return to a downward spiral? this is a major question before our two countries. for the united states, areas of concern include china's claims over taiwan and the south china sea, and china's support for russia in its war on ukraine. secretary blinken spoke to the bbc and said washington will act, if beijing does not stop supplying russia with items used in its assault on ukraine. our china correspondent laura bicker has more from beijing. hello. i'm laura bicker. how are you? antony blinken�*s visit comes as us ties with china are at a turning

china.ent position from the usa position, that is, the good attitude of the united states towards , as xidin ping said, this is fundamentally different, and this position, this is what blinky tried to do, you need to understand, i think that he understood in advance that the situation was lost, china would not agree to many demands, that were put forward, and there were two, two, two blocks of demands, one was russia and ukraine. china will split this situation, the second block is to stop subsidies to chinese industry for those machine tools and equipment that are then supplied to the usa, that is, to stop how they, like - the americans introduced the concept of excess excess industrial capacity, well, because american companies cannot compete with the chinese, in return, an excellent question, in return we will not announce sanctions and increased tariffs for almea. we will not seize your assets, which are yours, but you think that they are yours, because they are in dollars, and as the pr

is that how china sees it? may differently — happen. is that how china sees it?but what _ happen. is that how china sees it? may differently but what matters | happen. is that how china sees it? | may differently but what matters is they do _ may differently but what matters is they do. for us and many other countries, _ they do. for us and many other countries, preserving this status quo and — countries, preserving this status quo and ensuring differences are resolved — quo and ensuring differences are resolved peacefully is what matters. antony— resolved peacefully is what matters. antony blinken speaking to our china correspondent. i'm joined now by china correspondent laura bicker who's in beijing. what did mr blinken say in terms of the future use of sanction. how might beijing react to the threat of sanctions? this might beijing react to the threat of sanctions? �* , , ., might beijing react to the threat of sanctions? ~ , , ., ., ., , sanctions? as you heard, he was unwillin: sanctions? as you heard, he was unwilling to _ sanctions? as you heard, he was un

if it comes to china, that would be 10 times more damage for the you, for china. yes, yes, of course, but it's not going to be dramatic. china is being the best for the small them for this moment for a long time. okay, thank you so much and a little girl. yeah, i know geo political onto this, we really appreciate your insight into this us and not to them all these the political party of president mohammed des moines who appears to have achieved the last live victory in parliamentary elections by his people's national congress bodies seen as looking to china and away from india when it comes to future development as one at least 6 to 6 of the 93 seats kind of the up for grabs. and that's, according to the preliminary results of the main opposition party, which previously dominated the chain base, is projected to wait and just a 1000 seats best time. yeah, 1st of all, results are expected later this week. and when president de moines it to pi, he quickly phil phil, one of the main campaign, promises by ordering indian ministry personnel to leave the island nation, h

be rewarded by anti—china, but they can't be anti-china _ anti—china, but they can't be anti—china enoughecond, one of theseissues beginning of the second, one of these issues are playing together. one of— these issues are playing together. one of the — these issues are playing together. one of the things potentially going to be included into the aid package for ukraine and israel and so forth the united — for ukraine and israel and so forth the united states government forcing sale the united states government forcing saie of— the united states government forcing sale of tiktok. that obviously ties into that — sale of tiktok. that obviously ties into that as— sale of tiktok. that obviously ties into that as well. and any member of congress. _ into that as well. and any member of congress, republican or democrat, nose campaigning against china is a safe place _ nose campaigning against china is a safe place for them to be. the german chancellor _ safe place for them to be. i'ie: german chancellor urged safe place for them to be. the: german chancellor urged xi safe place for them to be. t

pushing back on china as well, rushes more machine will be a priority. china continues to provide materials to support versus defense, industrial base. and all of this is the only pollutants warm machine se attacks ukrainians and threatens european security. see relations between the world's top 2 global rivals had been 10 since early last year. after our chinese bible in flu across the us territory. and for us disputes relating to cell from taiwan since then, they've thought a little shooting thing. he'll be face to face talks with you as president joe biden in san francisco last november. but the u. s. has kept pressure on beijing, sanctioning chinese firms that ship products to russia and unavailing new micro chip export restrictions. the us state department of china is supporting the rushes war machine by supplying machine tools, computer chips, optics, drones, and cruise missile technology rushes semiconductor imports from china jump from 200000000 in 2021 to over 500000000 in 2022. as the war drags on russia's drawing, economic and diplomatic isolation has made its increase in the rel

china now ranks second among belarus' partners in terms of trade turnover, and belarus is one of china's growing trading partners in the eurasian region. chinese and belarusian. cooperation is strong complementarity and great potential in business cooperation, joint cooperation along the one belt, one road is the main line, and its important days are a number of important... enterprises and landmark projects, such as the chinese-belarusian industrial park great gaami, cooperation is steadily advancing in traditional areas such as mechanical engineering, car assembly, agricultural production and biotechnology, however, is in full readiness for the start. in such new areas such as the digital and green economy, interregional cooperation, scientific and technological exchanges are... rapidly developing, this is thirdly, fourthly, traditional friendship is public support for chinese-belarusian relations, the peoples of china and belarus fought shoulder to shoulder in the global anti-fascist war, they beat the blood of an indestructible brotherhood. quite a few chinese citizens participated.

, i don’t think that china will seriously bend, because china understands perfectly well, today this say, the first batch, or rather the second batch of the company, after that there will be a third, fourth, that is, experience russia in this case is a very indicator for china, so i think this will be a very serious conversation, and most importantly, because we are talking not only about russia, the bargaining chip is also the issue in taiwan, they are trying to encircle china from all sides parties, in general, i don’t think that china will... news: chinese companies for the first time since december of twenty-two have reduced direct supplies of machinery, mechanisms and equipment to russia, including electrical equipment, our colleagues also report, you can also record such a decrease and how are you do you think this has anything to do with pressure from the west, and not according to march indicators, the decline is very serious, or rather it is small, but it is serious against the background of the fact that trade grew seriously in the first 2 months, and i think that this is n

, russia, but when china is given the cake, when china, for example, sees, in the case of let's say, with germany, that economic relations, including germany, are tied to... to china, and there may be certain manipulations, then obviously he will try to sit in these two shoes. all the same, blindin, when he raised these conversations, he is obviously counting on a more serious approach from european partners, in particular scholz and in particular macron, and these conversations, they should not be through the prism of some kind of further interaction, after all, they must be certain. provided that, especially since for the european union russia's war against ukraine is not about some conflict that does not concern them, it is a clear awareness of its own threat, and accordingly, the fact that china supports the military-industrial complex and and the entire defense forces of russia, nato generals, and the military, the european military, they say and realize that... in the future this support is indirect to china, but it still exists, it can turn into military russia's actions again

this is all again china's aggression. china changes its lines.ge their lines on the map all the time, to just take over more territory by map geography. it's ridiculous. they're threatening their neighbours, notjust taiwan, neighbours, not just taiwan, but neighbours, notjust taiwan, but the philippines. they've been very aggressive, risking can filipino sailor lives with their actions in the south china sea. they are regularly risking can the lives of the united states sailors and airmen doing patrols. so, all of this aggression is coming from china. remember, america is not saying that we want to take over territory. we're not trying to take over countries. that is what china is trying to do. we're trying to defend democracies as we do all around the globe. a big part of the bi art the globe. a big part of the big part of _ the globe. a big part of the big part of the _ the globe. a big part of the big part of the trip was to warn _ big part of the trip was to warn china in supplying russia's military. if it continues to do, so what is the us r

sun, we will save america. in fact, of course, i want to start with a visit to china, because, well,o be honest, the level of the statements that the parties made is amazing, and not in the sense of their scale, although the scale is also impressive, in the sense of the clarity, clarity and precision of these statements that are precisely related to the reality of the events taking place, and not to some kind of speculation, well, safe, and then make yes or. dmitry sergeevich peskov generally confirmed that it is clear that this visit of sergei viktorovich is preparatory for the state visit of president putin, which will take place this year, so i think that, well , the preparation started in this way, of course, lays down decisions that can... surprise very, very many people there, yes, well, look what we discussed, well, firstly, about our relations, which are more than an alliance, everything was said with the utmost, so to speak, clarity, but there are key points, well, for example, with sanctions, we will sort it out within brix, what this means, well, this means that economic a

i see, china, in china , oddly enough, there is less hiding than here, especially now, china has noticeablyed a large number of new types of weapons, including drones, it has noticeably improved them, it has improved geolocation systems, launch systems, systems for launching these drones from out of a pipe, and so on, that is, in general, it is necessary to say that china is preparing for something that will be very serious. he doesn’t want it, he wants to show that we are ready, but we don’t want to fight, but we must understand that his ambivalent position towards russia is an attempt to delay time, china is not ready for this. second point which is felt in china and it feels good from within, china admits its technological weakness in relation to the united states. yes, technologies are developing very quickly, at a wild speed, but they are still noticeably lagging behind. another 3-5 years. china wants to win primarily by developing relations with russia, and here we are an important component of chinese sustainability. another very same point that is clearly visible from inside china i

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if i at all with china, it's part of china. it seems end of the one china policy as being cost of beautiful country be us. the said it of knowledge is by, in fact it said that just a few months ago. however, at the same time as part of that for an a package that i mentioned during the web, that money's going to craig, it's a $8000000000.00. it's also being put aside for taiwan on the south china seas. that is more us 8 and weapons moving into, ty, won't so in the us saying, we have real legs that taiwan is part of this one china policy. but we still going to, um, its the chief in case you just solely to enforce this idea of the one china policy . and then in addition to that, like, because really this is just a post of so many issues, pensions wise in, in the south china seas. this is an area where china has a huge amount of islands and land. and then we've got us saying it's now going to hold joint nature exercises in the region with japan and with the philippines. china has said that is a chain to creating a war. so in the, i

and china is wood, has weights in russia. that's why as president, she to accept its influence on russia. so putin finally stops his insane military campaign, drops his troops and ends this horrible. what he has for now is she's promised to work on further efforts to end the conflict, including a possible peace conference and commitment to strong chinese german relations. and they also try yeah, trying to get a job to show the finally our 2 countries that are 5 you and developed by lateral relations law, alarm of long term and strategic perspective. i try to pull back a g h and work together between a motion to billy and certain things into the world, but should be an issue. another challenge for show is striking a balance between germany significant economic interests in china and the growing a you concerns over what are perceived as on fed chinese subsidies on green exports such as the electric cause. as i said, it's very clear we need to talk about the issue of production. we need to talk about competition on subsidies. it

-china relationship. tensions high at the moment focused very much on tech, tiktok in particular, the potential u.s. ban. we see janet yellen taking to the stage now. >> thank you so much. thank you to the american chamber of commerce for hosting this event, and i am very glad to have the opportunity to speak to american businesses here in guangzhou at the start of my visit. the city holds a unique position in chinese economic history. it was key to chinese trade for centuries. the first ship from the newly independent united states talking here in 1784. then guangzhou was at the heart of economic reforms and industrial development that drove china's tremendous growth, and it was a key stop on the 1992 southern tour when he renewed china's commitment to these performance. today as all of you know well it remains the top destination for foreign investment in china, including from fortune global 500 companies. it is a fitting place for me to emphasize strong economic ties between united states and china and

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so while the rest of the world is talking about china, china, china, india is right there with it. almost smacking mac, yet look, it's still expected, but china will surpass the us. china will become the number one economy in the world by 2027. we have spoken about this before you and i. that means that us will fall to number 2. india will rise to number 3. but take a look at this chart. i found this fascinating comparing india and china from a real g d p. a point of u d. p growth that has. and you might be surprised to find out that there india is actually a head of china. see the blue line. india is got actually a head of china beginning around 2022. india has pulled ahead. of course, china still has the upper hand on tack and manufacturing. but wait, wait, wait. something has just happened. that could alter that course. actually thought john tesla, it's cranking up for a mega entry into india. senior officials from the company will soon be meeting comments and industry minister the score to reportedly finalize. they've gone towards that the investment at operations. so there you

this is all again china�*s aggression. china changes its lines.es on the map all the time, to just take over more territory by map geography. it�*s ridiculous. they�*re threatening their neighbours, notjust taiwan, but the philippines. they�*ve been very aggressive, risking filipino sailor lives with their actions in the south china sea. they are regularly risking can the lives of the united states sailors and airmen doing patrols. so, all of this aggression is coming from china. remember, america is not saying that we want to take over territory. we�*re not trying to take over countries. that is what china is trying to do. we�*re trying to defend democracies as we do all around the globe. the big part of the trip was to warn china in supplying russia�*s military. if it continues to do, so what is the us ready to do to prevent china from sending parts or weapons to russia? do you think there might be some sanctions on the cards? what would the us do? i certainly hope so. what xijinping is doing is supporting a criminal war of aggression bya war cr

china sea. he also accused of the people's republic of china, or p, r. c of fueling the war and ukraine by supporting russia's weapons, industry. and my discussions today, i reiterated, are serious concern about the p r. c. providing components that are powering rushes, brutal war of aggression against ukraine. russia would struggle to sustain its assault on ukraine without trying to support china is foreign minister has accused the us of trying to stifle its economic and technological development as well as its regional expansion. the china, us relationship is facing more negative factors and all kinds of disruptions. china is legitimate to develop and drugs have been unreasonably suppressed and all co interest of facing challenges should china and the us stay on the right, the costs of moving forward with stability or a ton to a downward spiral. this is a major question facing all 2 countries and tests of sincerity and ability. the path forward includes holding formal talks about the risks of

the south china sea.nessing something of a reproshment but everything could change later this year if president trump is returned to the white house. stephen olson, a former us trade negotiator said the us and china will continue to be challenged by fundamental differences. i challenged by fundamental differences.— challenged by fundamental differences. i think talking is alwa s differences. i think talking is always better _ differences. i think talking is always better than _ differences. i think talking is always better than not - differences. i think talking is l always better than not talking. so for that reason alone, the meetings are positive. but in myjudgement at least i don't expect anything to come out of the discussions that will significantly move the needle on the overall bilateral relationship. china will continue to believe correctly or incorrectly that the united states is determined to block its quote unquote peaceful rise and the united states will continue to believe correctly or incor

german chancellor olaf scholz began a three-day visit to china. he will meet with the leader of the celestial empire xijing ping and the prime minister lit qiang. scholz became the first leader of a western country to visit china this year. as reported by reuters, germany is going to convince the official beijing to refuse cooperation with by russia the united states of america plans to allocate urgent aid to israel, because of the attack by iran, the congress will meet next week . it is currently unknown whether support for ukraine will be considered. let me remind you that iran launched a massive attack on israel with missiles and attack drones. according to zmi, citing us officials, the us military shot down most of the drones outside israeli airspace, and israeli air defense and fighter jets shot down most of the missiles, so iran was unable to do much damage. after a massive attack medics provided assistance to 31 residents of israel, including a ten-year-old girl. tonight, the un security council will meet due to events in the middle east. u

china depends china's position on moscow, i doubt, so this is china's weak position in fact in this situation well, but considering that this summit is in geneva, it is of course important, but it will not solve all the issues now, well , maybe, maybe... from this point of view, we can talk about the level of participation there, whether another country can have one or another level of participation, well, from the highest level, as planned by the usa, our partner countries in europe, to maybe, well, no, cityzenpin, someone can participate, e.g. one, the minister of foreign affairs, maybe yes, but in any in any case , china, which says that its position depends on the invitation or not of moscow, i think it is s... weak beijing, it surprises me, mr. valery, allow me, i just want to start the topic, maybe with china was closed, because it is also interesting to understand in general what role china now plays in this axes of evil, because there are also certain assumptions that north korea is giving russia weapons for a reason, iran is helping russia for a reason, and there are certain such ass

then let's talk about china, because china, as one of the possible participants of this global peacet, is where lavrov flew to for talks. olaf scholz is going there, and after all , sijin pin himself is going to europe in may. china is ready to cooperate with russia to develop pragmatic cooperation. this was once again stated by the spokeswoman of the ministry of foreign affairs of the people's republic of china maoning. let's listen to what the chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman said. china will continue to support russia in its development and revival under the leadership of president vladimir putin. will support the russian people on a self -chosen path of development, over the past 75 years, which have passed since the establishment of diplomatic relations between china and russia, sino-russian relations have come a long way, enduring the winds and rains, based on the rejection of alliances, non-confrontation and non- targeting to any third party, china and russia have committed themselves to long-term good neighborliness and friendship, deepened comprehensive strategic coordin

the us and china t in: tensions. the us and china trying to — tensions.ng to engage _ tensions. the us and china trying to engage more - tensions. the us and china trying to engage more on l tensions. the us and china l trying to engage more on the other level as we have seen being in china this week. do you think there is an opportunity for things to move in a more optimistic pathway? it's a very strong economic pole, especially at a time when generals supply chains are reshuffling. it's very strong to have chinese investment in chinese supply chains running through asia. those links in fact have strengthened over the past few years, particularly if we have a second donald trump administration and the white house, the level of economic disruption is going to be severe, and i think many governments in this region will have to make some hard decisions, particularly about economics, and economic security and where they want to place investments and where they want to welcome investments. it's complicated. let's go to south korea now, where for the past few

in the last nine months to china.anet yellen has a reputational being not so hawkish on china in the biden administration compared to other members of the u.s. administration. if there is anybody who can deliver a message to the chinese and get some sort of good response, it should be janet yellen. she has been there since friday. we just saw a meeting with premier li qiang. that was at the great hall of the people yesterday. that was actually not on the original schedule. still today, she's meeting with the pboc governor. she's also going to be meeting with the former vice premier, who was also the former economic czar, still very influential. a key part of her message has been the threat china poses to other economies. as the chinese economy has slowed because of the real estate crisis and the chinese government has responded by boosting investment in manufacturing. janet yellen's argument is that this means china is unfairly exporting inexpensive goods. and that threatens industries in the u.s. and elsewhere. she h

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in addition to various machinery that makes it one of china's top 5 trade partners to but now with china is increasing dominance in the electric vehicle industry. more chinese made eaves are coming to germany. very low, our prices are putting german comm acres under pressure. it's the same with solar panels and wind turbines. chinese products, a massively subsidized by badging and new york and manufacturers can barely compete . chinese product prices push them to the brink overall, and that's why germany and the european commission are taking measures to curb on steer competition and protect the domestic market, which they are considering. introducing terrace on select. the chinese products page in corresponded fabia and quite joins us. business is on the agenda today as you heard, but all of sholtes also met students this boy. yeah. so, so he's in shanghai right now. that was a day that was um, property focused on business. he visited the german company, the innovation sent to of a german company that's producing synthetic materials. then later he had a discussion with the students at t

in the south china sea.na claims taiwan as an inherent part of its own territory, and ownership of some disputed islands in the south china sea. we're witnessing something of a rapprochement, but everything could change later this year if president trump is returned to the white house. that was our business reporter david waddell. well, earlier i spoke with mark williams, who is the chief asia economist at capital economics. he told me the us is very concerned about the competitve threat of china's manufacturing sector. it is quite striking to hear this from janet yellen. she has the reputation of being the most dovish member of the biden administration when it comes to restrictions on trade and investment and technology flows with china. so the fact that she, of all people, is saying this really shows quite how much the thinking in washington has changed over the past few years. it's clear there's a lot of concern about the competitive threat that's coming from china in the sectors evs, solar and so on. wha

china took a position according to the un charter, well you see china not only in this regard, let'sen voting not to place nuclear components in space, not to prepare such components that can be launched into space, he abstained just on the road safety, russia blocked demonstratively, all countries are in favor, russia is blocking, china is silent, well, the world will not be normal like this develop. and china will not be able to win in this game, because it is necessary to have a reputation in order to be a center of influence and develop its influence, as they want to take the first positions in the future, without reputation, without respect for the country, not only her strength but nothing will happen to her behavior, so i think that putin is going not only because, and rather not because he needs to go somewhere... to go, that, well, you are right, that he is not arrested there, and also and the pictures will be beautiful, but all the same, he is going, vasal is going to sezoren, well, it’s just unambiguous, by the way, he is already telling china this in direct text, eh, puti

for having close trade ties with china? >> europe and china do have close trade ties. europe benefits from exports to china. on the other hand, the car industry is very important in countries like germany. europedoesn't want to see these industries destroyed. they're an important source of jobs and very valuable ones. >> should they increase protections to prevent all of the evs from flooding the market? >> they have started an investigation of whether or not there's dumping of electric vehicles by china in their markets. you know, many countries have ways of investigating dumping and preventing it by putting tariffs in place and that's something that wto rules permit. >> we have tariffs. we have not seen chinese evs in the u.s. should they be allowed to sell their evs in the united states? >> they are allowed to sell their evs in the united states. we don't have rules against it. again, in that area as well, we are trying to foster a domestic industry. we are certainly open to imports, including those from china which there is no rule against china selling evs in the